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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology enable people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like French Guiana to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Scholars want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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